Local students travel to Statehouse to fight for school funding, DEI initiatives

High school students from Northeast Ohio testified at the Statehouse Wednesday, urging the lawmakers to fully fund education and support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

“It’s very easy to make a decision that impacts many people — when that person isn’t you,” Cleveland Heights/University Heights City School District (CHUH) freshman Cavan Bruce said.

Four students and three educators made a two-and-a-half-hour drive — coming down from Cleveland Heights to Columbus — to fight for their school…

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